Our Favorite Fly Fishing Apparel Brands (You Probably Haven’t HEard of)

We’re really big flyfishers. Like really big. We know how to look the part of a flyfish bum. Check out our list so you’re not caught with the same gear as the jamoke slinging squirmy worms and eggs…

Our Picks: Fly Fishing Apparel Brands

Housefly Fishing

You’re probably wondering, what’s a housefly got to do with flyfishing? Well, we’re not entirely sure, but this fly shop located in Hawley, PA has whipped up some off the wall shirts and sweaters, clean hat designs and other fly gear to stand out while you’re on the river, in the office or just straight chillin’. Most importantly, be quick—it’s likely they’ll sell out of your favorite tee in a beat.

SHOP HOUSEFLY

Crooked Creek Holler

Influenced and designed by the mind of tattoo artist, Danny Reed, Crooked Creek Holler offers a range of artistically driven small batch apparel to the fly, conventional and outdoor junkie alike. Whether you’re a trout bum, dead head, bass junkie or just an outdoorsperson with a penchant for rad design, you’ll exactly that in the apparel at CCH.

SHOP CCH

Musky Fool

Everyone knows musky people are weird. Fish all day for a few follows and you call it a successful day—you’ve gotta be some kind of crazy… Anyways, the good folks over at Musky Fool have offered these weirdo anglers, musky specific fly gear since 2020 and have only expanded since their launch. With a new shop just outside Madison, WI they cater to the local angler and to the angler around the world with a great selection of branded apparel and gear at muskyfool.com.

SHOP MUSKY FOOL

Conservation Gear

We all know a huge part of the flyfishing world is conserving the waters and land that we recreate in. There’s no better way to show your comrades, fly buds and your boss that doesn’t know a clouser from a Pat’s rubber legs you give a shit than to support the conservation efforts these guys put in: Trout Unlimited, Captains For Clean Water, and Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

Fly Shop Gear

Running a local fly shop ain’t a walk in the park—these folks bust their buns to support the community, give you, the terrible angler, insight into what’s chewing and sell you your squirmy worms. The least you can do is sport their swag. Our favorites: Current Culture Fly Shop, Lost Coast Outfitters and Big Sky Anglers.

Media Gear

Shop and support flyfishing media! Without fly fishing media, the stoke meter goes down and we all know need a kick into action some days. Most media outlets are offering swag in the form of slick caps and slime bearing shirts. Some of our favorites: Southern Culture on the Fly, The Flyfish Journal and Flylords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Act Like a flyfish Bum?

Supporting the waters we recreate in is the easiest way to act like a true flyfisherman. Doing your part while out on the river and supporting others who do the same. And if you have the means to support monetarily or with your time, donating to groups like:

Your Local Trout Unlimited Chapter: Find Yours HERE
Support the programs that support your waters:
- Saltwater fisherman? Try CCA, BTT, Friends of the Everglades
- Trout Fisherman? Try BHA, Project Healing Waters, NFC

How To Look Like a flyfish Bum?

To look like a flyfisherman, you must act like the flyfisherman. This starts with your appearance: hats to be worn in, preferably from your local fly shop. The right gear: waders, boots, lucky fishing shirt, sunglasses and a grin…

How To Talk Like A Flyfish Bum?

There’s a few things you should know:

Never trout set while saltwater or streamer fishing. If you do or your buddy does, make sure to call they now you saw it.
If you’re gonna fish a squirmy or an egg, just know what’s coming.
And a few key words to get you by:
- Beadhead – A nymph with a bead on the head. If you don’t know the specific pattern of the nymph, just call it a beadhead…
- Dink – When you catch a small fish, just call it a dink.
- Drift – You make a great cast, add a perfect mend and the fly floats as natural as can be; that’s a drag-free drift.
- Eddy – The slow moving water where fish can rest and usually will slurp a dry from.
- Hatch – When the bugs are everywhere, there’s a hatch… Nothing more to it, you’re probably in a BWO, Caddis, Mayfly, etc hatch.
- Hog Johnson – The biggest fish the river / body of water has seen.
- Rise – A fishes nose breaks that surface to slurp a fly down. That’s a rise.
- Spook – Your fly line went right over the fish and it scurried off. You spooked them…